03 December 2026
Online via Zoom
HIS IPC leaders' course – Outbreaks and the IPC Leader: managing the fallout
NHSE IPC Education Framework level: This course aligns to Advanced level on the framework
The programme will include speaker presentations and discussion sessions in order to:
- Allow the sharing of experience and knowledge
- Act as a forum for bringing together DIPCs who are both microbiologists and non-microbiologists
- Facilitate future research and collaboration
- Narrow the knowledge gap for those with differing clinical backgrounds
After attending, delegates will be able to:
- Explain the regulatory perspective and expectations for management of outbreaks.
- Understand how to collect and analyse data in order to respond appropriately to outbreaks.
- Discuss whether current definitions give false reassurance, and whether they need changing.
- Identify how to communicate effectively in a crisis.
- Understand how to ensure healthcare worker wellbeing during outbreaks and how to protect those who identify failures in patient care.
- Discuss the difference in outbreak response between long-term and secondary care.
“The DIPC Development Day exceeded my expectations and I am sure it will help make me a better DIPC.
I am looking forward to the next Development Day.”